......DE....FRGB..IT..............................J0579482EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319940323EP93305487.619930713enenen209715/9219920713JP185547/9219920713JP19940323199412199401191994035 5H 04N 1/00 AdeAutomatischer BlattransportmechanismusenAutomatic sheet conveying mechanismfrMécanisme automatique de transport de feuilles4MITA INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.00283524P 88024 EP2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri Chuo-kuOsaka-shi Osaka 540JPKameyama, Shinji, c/o MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-kuOsaka 540JPYoshihiro, Takeo, c/o MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-kuOsaka 540JPNakamura, Kazuo, c/o MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-kuOsaka 540JPMizuno, Masayuki, c/o MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-kuOsaka 540JPAoyama, Yoshiki, c/o MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-kuOsaka 540JPAkedo, Shuichi, c/o MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-kuOsaka 540JPW.P. Thompson & Co.00101051Coopers Building, Church StreetLiverpool L1 3ABGBDEFRGBIT19940323199412

An automatic sheet conveying mechanism comprising upper and lower casings (101a,101b) mutually coupling sheet conveying paths in a releasable state, and a sheet guide plate for partitioning the sheet conveying paths together with the lower casing, guiding the lower surface of the sheet being conveyed, and defining the projecting extent of the functional parts supported by the lower casing into the sheet conveying path, in which the sheet guide plate is formed integrally with the lower casing.